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| 4. | William Megginson was born about 1747 in Amherst, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Aug 1776 in In Revolution. William married Elizabeth Cabell in 1769 in Winton, Amherst County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins) was born in 1753 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Jan 1771 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Clover Plains Estate, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Elizabeth Cabell was born in 1753 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Joseph Cabell and Mary Hopkins); died on 31 Jan 1771 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Clover Plains Estate, VA.
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| 10. | Joseph Cabell was born on 19 Sep 1732 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA (son of William Cabell and Elizabeth Burks); died on 1 Mar 1798 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA. Notes:
BIOGRAPHY: Hopkins of Virginia and Related Families
He was Justice of the Peace for Albemarle 1760, Major of Militia 1762, Burgess for Buckingham 1768-71 for Amherst 1772-75, member of Convention 1775-76, a Commissioner in 1776, Pay-master to the troops that fought at Point Pleasant under Gen. Andrew Lewis, vestryman for Amherst in 1776, Justice for ibid 1777, County Lieutenant in 1777, and was succeeded in 1780 by Col. Hugh Rose. He commanded a regiment of Militia to which were attached the students of William and Mary College at the siege of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. In a legislative capacity he was Member of the State Senate 1781-85, and represented Buckingham for the House of Delegates 1788-90. "A man of unbounded popularity and great influence, he was a devoted patriot, making large concessions without compensation, a lion when roused but naturally as gentle as a lamb, and generous as a prince."
Joseph married Mary Hopkins on 18 Oct 1752 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Arthur Hopkins) was born in Jan 1735 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jul 1811 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; was buried after 12 Jul 1811 in Sion Hill Cemetery, Buckingham County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Mary Hopkins was born in Jan 1735 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Arthur Hopkins); died on 12 Jul 1811 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; was buried after 12 Jul 1811 in Sion Hill Cemetery, Buckingham County, VA. Notes:
BIOGRAPHY: History of Albemarle County, Virginia
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Mary, daughter of Mary Hopkins and Joseph Cabell, became the wife of John Breckinridge, then of Botetourt County, but subsequently United States Senator from Kentucky, and Mr. Jefferson's Attorney General. Mr. Cabell, who had bought the glebe of St. Anne's on the south fork of Totier, presented it to his daughter, and there Mr. Breckinridge made his residence from 1785 to 1793, when he removed to Kentucky. During that time he was a member of the Albemarle bar, and in 1792 in the interval between the resignation of the first John Nicholas, and the appointment of the second, as Clerk of the county, he acted as Clerk pro tem. His two eldest children were born in Albemarle, one of whom was the father of the Vice President.
Children:
- Jr. Joseph Cabell was born on 6 Jan 1762 in Amherst, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Aug 1831 in Henderson County, KY.
- Ann Cabell was born on 15 Feb 1771 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jul 1840.
- Mary Hopkins Cabell was born on 22 Feb 1769 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Mar 1858 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA.
- 5. Elizabeth Cabell was born in 1753 in Amherst County, Virginia, USA; died on 31 Jan 1771 in Buckingham County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Clover Plains Estate, VA.
- Elizabeth Cabell was born in 1772 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Feb 1855 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY.
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